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The Living Weapon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore American history, military strategy and scientific discovery near the end of the World War II era. They examine the principles of the Cold War, pacifism, and the desire to keep government programs secret from the...
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Vietnam War Personalities Activity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research a famous personality from the Vietnam War era. Using the Internet, they gather only information from the sites available to them and three other print sources. They write a two-page report and a visual illustration to...
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Upper class black society during Jim Crow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate upper class black society during the Jim Crow era by reading primary resources (newspaper articles, census data, photographs). They summarize and organize information on specific citizens in chart form.
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Watergate

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discuss the primary events of the Watergate crisis. They conduct an interview with a Watergate-era adult and present a summary of their interview.
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Who's There: Acting in the Dark

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a performance of Macbeth using the lighting techniques that were employed during the Shakespearean era. Working in groups, student reenact a scene. Afterward they discuss the challenges of working with...
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U.S. History: Pirates of the Carolinas

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in pairs, research the era of piracy and buccaneers. Among the topics they investigate are Mary Read, Edward Teach, and other pirates who sailed off the Carolina coast. Using the Internet, 8th graders write paragraphs...
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Modern Cars Puzzle

For Students 6th - 8th
In this word search activity, students search and find vocabulary words as they relate to cars of the modern era. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Tucson Children's Museum Dino Crossword

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this crossword puzzle, middle schoolers complete a crossword puzzle related to dinosaurs, the era in which dinosaurs lived, and about other animals that lived during that time period.
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Sanitarium Times

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students learn about the Sanitarium Times as they look into how they lived, what they ate, how they were entertained, etc... In this Sanitarium Times lesson, the students do research and create papers as well as look for living members...
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American West

For Students 4th
In this US history instructional activity, 4th graders focus on words associated with the American West. Students must rearrange 16 words to create new vocabulary associated with this particular time era.
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Tudor Entertainment Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Tudor history worksheet, students read and analyze 20 words that pertain to entertainment in the Tudor era. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.
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Medieval Life: Food

For Students 5th - 6th
For this historical worksheet, students read a one page detailed text pertaining to food in the Medieval era. There are no questions to answer.
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The History of Thanksgiving Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson plan, 3rd graders read about the history of Thanksgiving, complete vocabulary activities, and write a journal entry from the point of view of someone who lived...
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Writing a Short Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students do further research on a time period they have studied. In this history research lesson plan, students choose a time period to write about. Students gather information about the weather, environment, food and activities that...
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Holding a Wolf by the Ears: Race, Economics, and the Complexity of Thomas Jefferson

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the era of slavery when Jefferson was President. For this United States History lesson, 11th graders participate in a class discussion that is led by the teacher.  A PowerPoint presentation on the topic is...
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Geologic Time Scale

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research the geologic time scale. They create and recognize the importance of a geologic time line.
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Reconstruction

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students describe the period of Reconstruction. Then students describe the concept of sharecropping. They complete a vocabulary prediction confirmation activity for the vocabulary words from the passage.
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Reconstruction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reconstruct sentences by reassembling the words that have been cut apart.
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Reconstructing Reconstruction-Comparing Primary and Secondary Accounts of Post-Civil War Georgia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore Reconstruction by writing Ms. Walls back in the voice of the "Little Folks of the North and South."
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Need for Reconstruction: Devasation and Liberation in the South

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the amount of destruction in the South following the Civil War. They explore the reasons why Reconstruction was needed.
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Making Democracy Work for Everyone, 1877-1904

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Young scholars investigate the culture of the post Reconstruction South. They participate in a jigsaw research activity, conduct Internet research on an assigned topic, and write a report to present to the class.
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Ecoregions of Texas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars map the ecoregions in Texas and illustrate the vegetation native to the region. They will use their maps to investigate why prehistoric hunter-gatherers might have decided to live in one area over another, such as the...
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Why Was It Difficult To "reconstruct the South"?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine problems faced by the states of the Confederacy following the Civil war. They predict how Lincoln wanted to handle the problem of reconstruction by listening to his words. They describe conditions in the South...
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Reconstruction and the Long Shadow of the Civil War

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the efforts of Reconstruction after the Civil War. In groups, they develop their own plan for Reconstruction and provide a mission statement which they share with the class. They must defend any...

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